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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Community Group Wants Concessions on Lavender Lot Formalized

Ruth Baisden, president of the Greater Parkville Community Council, wants the Revenue Authority to formalize promises for money and parking at a meeting Thursday.

The leader of a Parkville community group wants the Baltimore County Revenue Authority to formalize concessions to help revitalize the Harford Road corridor as part if its sale of the public parking lot on Lavender Avenue. Ruth Baisden, president of the Greater Parkville Community Council, sent the letter to the Baltimore County Revenue Authority on Dec. 13. The quasi-public agency is scheduled to finalize a sale of the property Thursday morning. Last year the Baltimore County Revenue Authority voted to sell the 56-space public parking lot, located along Harford Road between Lavender and Taylor Avenues, to Towson-based DMS Development for a sum of $500,000. The developer would turn the parking lot into a Walgreens store. "These concessions…

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Lavender Lot Sold to Developer, DMS Development (in Towson Patch), Expected Revenue Authority Grant to Community In Limbo, and 1 more ›

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

'Curveball' Could Nix Lavender Lot Development

Developer waits for state, Revenue authority to settle on a price for part of the parking lot.

The development of the Lavender lot in Parkville could hinge on the sale of a former bus stop located on the same property. Donald Hutchinson, chairman of the five-member Baltimore County Revenue Authority board, said a disagreement over price between the state Department of Transportation and the authority could nix the deal. "There is a big curveball," said Hutchinson. Under a 1958 agreement with what was then the city transit authority, the authority believed it could buy back the property used as a bus stop for $14,000. The authority sent the state a check but it was never cashed. "Now we're told by the lawyers that (the state) wants to sell it for market value—in excess of $100,000," said Hutchinson. The authority voted nearly a year …

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